Common Name -  Round-lobed Hepatica
	Scientific Name - Hepatica americana
	Family Name -  Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)
Season	Early spring, perennial
Habitat	Dry deciduous woods with lots of shade and acid soils. Plant blooms before leaves appear on the trees.
Flower	Regular, pale blue with 6 round (sometimes more) petal-like sepals. Three green bracts with rounded tips are attached below the sepals. The flower stalk is hairy and supports a single blossom.
Leaves	Simple, with three rounded lobes, and basal attachment. The leaf stalk is hairy.
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